Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Table of contents

• Front matter
  • Map
  • Contributors
  • Encyclopedia Preface
  • Preface to Central and Southwest Asia
• Part 1: Overview of Dress and Fashion in the United States and Canada
  • The Geographic and Cultural Region
  • Evidence about Dress of Indigenous People: United States Territory
  • Evidence about Dress of Indigenous People: Canadian Territory
  • Evidence about Dress in the United States
  • Evidence about Dress in Canada
• Part 2: Fashion in the United States and Canada
  • Introduction to Fashion
  • Tradition and Fashion
  • Types and Properties of Fashionable Dress
  • Jeans
  • Regional Differences in Dress and Fashion
  • The Textile Industry
  • The Pattern Industry
  • The Garment Industry and Retailing in the United States
  • Fashion Designers, Seamstresses, and Tailors
  • Textile and Apparel Industries at the Turn of the Millennium
  • The Garment Industry and Retailing in Canada
  • Writing about Fashions
  • Shoes and Shoemaking
  • Hosiery
  • Accessories of Dress
  • The Jewelry Industry
  • Antifashion
  • Body and Dress
  • Body Art
  • Dress Reform
  • Ecological Issues in Dress
• Part 3: Demographic and Social Influences on Dress
  • Introduction to Demographic and Social Influences
  • Children and Adolescents in the United States
  • Aging
  • Gender
  • Class
  • Functional Dress
  • Dress for Rites of Passage
  • Influence of the Arts
  • Film
  • Masquerade Dress
  • Television
  • Music and Dress in the United States
  • Music and Dress in Canada
  • Uniforms as Work Dress for Civilians and Military
  • Conventional Work Dress and Casual Work Dress
  • Dress for Recreational Sports and Professional Sports
  • Dress for Avocational and Historic-Site Reenacting
  • Leisure
  • Health
  • Care of Dress
• Part 4: North American Indian and First Nation Peoples
  • Introduction to the North American Indian and First Nation Peoples
  • Shared and Unique Traditions and Practices
  • The Arctic
  • The Subarctic
  • The Northwest Coast
  • History of the Graduation Button Blanket
  • California
  • The Plateau
  • The Great Basin
  • The Southwest
  • The Plains
  • The Northeast
  • The Southeast
  • Influence of North American Indian and First Nations Dress on Mainstream Fashion
• Part 5: Cultural Groups in the United States and Canada
  • Introduction to Cultural Groups
  • Western Wear
  • Religion and Dress
  • Identity and Gender in Traditional Jewish Dress
  • Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and Brethren
  • Quakers and Shakers
  • Old Believers
  • Utopian and Intentional Communities
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons
  • Antebellum African Americans
  • Immigrants Encounter North American Dress
  • Acadians
  • American Immigrants of West European Origin
  • African American
  • Caribbean Islanders
  • Asian American
  • Hispanic and Latino American
  • Dress in Hawai’i since 1898
  • Middle Eastern
• Online Exclusives
  • Natural Hair
  • Powerful Patches: The Magic, Messages, and Mysteries of Mardi Gras Indian Costume
  • Fashion Bloggers
  • Legislation in the United States and Canada
  • North American Silk Industry
  • Raw Silk and Reeling
  • Silk Weighting
  • Technology and Fashion
  • Paterson, New Jersey, Silk Industry
  • The Black Leather Jacket
  • Feathered Lingerie: From the Stage to the Bedroom
  • Cosmetics: Makeup in North America
  • Trendsetting African American Designers
  • American Royalty: Texas Style
  • Estée Lauder—Cosmetics Pioneer
  • United States World War II Clothing Restrictions
  • The Nazi Aesthetic in Fashion
  • Political Candidates and Dress
  • Helen Lee and Florence Eiseman: A Comparison of Mid-Twentieth-Century Children’s Wear Designers
  • Copying French Couture for American Consumers
  • Athleisure
  • Threats to Body Image
  • North American Lumberjack Dress